Spaces keyboard shortcut not working as expected

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Spaces keyboard shortcut not working as expected

Hello,

I enabled the Control-# shortcut to switch directly to a space but it doesn't seem to be working correctly. The only space I can switch directly to is 1. If I press Control-2, 3, or 4, it will not switch. The only alternative is to press Control-1 and then 2,3, or 4 to switch spaces. I tried using the Option and Command keys as the shortcut key, but they both behave the same way. Does anyone know what the issue here is? Thanks for your help!

Davy

Macbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.1)

Posted on Sep 26, 2009 11:01 AM

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K T

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Sep 26, 2009 11:21 AM in response to spamdavy

Hi spamdavy & welcome to the forums.

Have you checked setting for shortcuts? Go to System Preferences/Keyboard/Keyboard Shortcuts and see what's going on there first.

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spamdavy Author

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Sep 26, 2009 2:07 PM in response to K T

Thanks and I'm glad I found these forums.

Each of the shortcut keys are enabled in Keyboard Shortcuts. For example, the checkbox is checked for switch to Space 2 = ^2, Space 3 = ^3 and so on.

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spamdavy Author

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Sep 26, 2009 2:12 PM in response to spamdavy

Playing around with the settings more, I found that if I disabled "switch to space 2,3,4" in Keyboard Shortcuts, then pressing Control-1 and then 2,3, or 4, will allow me to go to those spaces as if the shortcut key was enabled.

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K T

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Sep 26, 2009 2:15 PM in response to spamdavy

Cool...good work - thanks for the update.

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spamdavy Author

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Sep 26, 2009 2:20 PM in response to K T

The problem actually isn't solved. I still have have to press Control-1 first before I can Control-2,3, or 4 to switch to those spaces.

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K T

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Sep 26, 2009 2:23 PM in response to spamdavy

I think it is more of a revised process that is unique to SL and you're simply re-learning the specifics. Stay with it.

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spamdavy Author

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Sep 26, 2009 2:31 PM in response to K T

I'm a bit confused. My expectation was that if I pressed Control-4, Space 4 would pop up. On the same note, if I pressed Control-right arrow, I would move to whatever space was to the right of the current viewed space. Am I mistaken?

Interestingly, Control-arrow doesn't work either until I hit Control-1 to bring up the Spaces overlay.

Thanks!

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K T

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Sep 26, 2009 2:45 PM in response to spamdavy

If you want a method to test and perhaps isolate, create a new user account for testing only, no add-ons, etc. and see what occurs there under similar conditions. Again, I believe there are changes as part of SL - they just need to be learned and made part of a routine work-flow, etc.

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spamdavy Author

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Sep 26, 2009 3:07 PM in response to K T

Thanks for the tip KT!

Apparently, a reboot solved the issue. I opened up all my apps to see if the problem would reoccur but it didn't. I think the computer just needed a reboot. Thanks!

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